As hundreds of defeated soldiers fled to Raoyang County, the news of the loss of Hejian County finally reached the Raoyang camp, and the news shocked the Bohai Navy.

"Bang!" Gao Lie slammed his fist on the table, so angry that he trembled, and he finally couldn't help but scold, "The Hulu family is all idiots, bastards, and there are more than enough things to do!" ”

The surrounding guards were all frightened, and no one dared to come forward to persuade them.

"Get out!"

Gao Lie pointed at the guards and shouted, "Get out of here!" ”

Several guards were so frightened that they crawled out of the tent, and Gao Lie sat down, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do.

Of course, he also knew the importance of Hejian County, so he sent the general Hu Lusheng to lead 20,000 troops to strictly defend Hejian County, with the city of Hejian County is tall and strong, even if the army of 100,000 may not be able to capture, he thought it was foolproof, but he didn't expect it to be broken so easily.

Gao Lie also realized that there was a loophole in letting Jiang Liming secretly fight on the periphery, although they could be used as surprise soldiers, but they would also confuse their own people, everything has advantages and disadvantages, the positive side has not been realized, and the disadvantage side has been vividly exposed.

At this time, there was a report from the soldiers outside the tent, "General Mu asks to see!" ”

Gao Lie was stunned for a long time and ordered, "Please let him in!" ”

In a moment, Mu Suixin walked in quickly, Mu Suixin's father Mu Lan was a general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, participated in the Jade War, Mu Suixin himself was also born in the Sui Army, in the opening of the emperor 20 years he was the captain of Xiangzhou, and later followed Yang Su to the north to conquer the Turks, repeatedly made military exploits, and was named the general of the right military guard.

But Mu Suixin's other identity was the backbone of the Bohai Society, an active advocate of the restoration of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he was loyal to Gao Lie. He was also the person Gao Lie relied on and trusted the most, so Gao Lie handed over to him the greatest wealth of the Bohai Society, the army.

"Humble to the master!"

Gao Lie sighed, "Does the general know about Hejian County?" ”

"The lowly has learned that it is for this matter that I have come to discuss countermeasures with the meeting master."

Gao Lie nodded, "Please take a seat!" ”

Mu Suixin sat down, and he saw that Gao Lie's mind was in turmoil. Then he said slowly: "The families of the soldiers are not in Hejian County, so the loss of Hejian County does not have a big impact on the morale of the army, and the impact is mainly on food. ”

"That's what I'm worried about."

Gao Lie said worriedly: "Now the military rations can only support twelve days, before I thought that I could quickly fight a decisive battle with the Sui army in Qingzhou, but the Sui army has always been stationed, now I understand that Zhang Xuan is waiting for me to run out of food." ”

Mu Suixin pondered for a moment and said, "Didn't you say that some of the money and grain were still in the manors and had not been transported to Hejian County?" The owner can urge this part of the grain to go north as soon as possible. ”

"I knew that it was not possible to bring all this food. Thirty or forty thousand stones at most. ”

"It's already very good to come to 30,000 or 40,000 stones, and we can provide half a month's food support, so that we can last for twenty-five or six days, and we can have time to lay out calmly."

"What do you mean by calm layout?" Gao Lie looked at Mu Suixin in puzzlement.

Mu Suixin was silent in thought, and only said after a while: "Does the master think that our army can defeat the Qingzhou Sui army?" ”

Gao Lie looked at him, "You are the main general, you should know this better than me. ”

Mu Suixin smiled bitterly and said: "Now our combat deployment is aimed at Dou Jiande, not the Qingzhou Sui army. Although we have 80,000 troops, we are slightly more than the Sui army in terms of troops. But frankly speaking, we are far from being the opponent of the Sui army, and if the two armies fight fiercely, we will definitely lose, not to mention that the Sui army still has a cavalry of more than 10,000 people. ”

Gao Lie walked to the tent and looked out of the tent with his hands in his hands. After a long time, he said: "What I am most worried about is the cavalry of the 10,000 Sui Army, they are elusive, and with their existence, we don't expect the food from the manor to reach the camp." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Lie looked back at Mu Suixin. "Don't you think we have more than twenty days, I think we actually only have twelve days, what do you say?"

Mu Suixin bit his lip and said in a deep voice: "As I said just now, our strategy and operational deployment are all aimed at Dou Jiande, and if we use this deployment to fight against the Sui army in Qingzhou, we will definitely lose." ”

"And what do you mean?"

"I think I should join forces with Luo Yi ......"

Gao Lie was suddenly shocked, "You mean the Lushui warehouse in Zhuo County?" ”

Gao Lie had previously formulated a strategy after exterminating Dou Jiande, that is, to join forces with Luo Yi to seize Lushui Cang, and the two families would equally divide the food and materials in Lushui Cang, but they also had a deeper attempt, and after capturing Lushui Cang, they would concentrate their forces to exterminate Luo Yi's Youzhou Army and seize Youzhou as the foundation.

At this time, Mu Suixin's reminder made Gao Lie's mind suddenly broaden, he should not confront Zhang Xuan's army in Raoyang, but should go north to Zhuo County.

There are two military forces in Zhuo County, Luo Yi and Li Jing, and once Zhang Xuan goes north, the situation will become complicated, and he will be able to gain a chance of life in the chaotic army.

Although he thought of a countermeasure, Gao Lie still had a lot of concerns, the key was how to change the tactical layout, and he had to take into account many details, such as how the army would go north, how to transport food, how to deal with the pursuit of the Sui army, and their foothold in Zhuo County.

These take time, and they must be calmly deployed without the interference of external forces, and now they are like a person who is running with a load and is about to jump into the river to escape, I am afraid that they will be dragged to the bottom of the water by the weight on their bodies if they can't swim a few steps.

At this time, Mu Suixin said: "The humble official knows that this matter is difficult to do, the key is that we need time, and the key to obtaining time is that the grain transported by the manor cannot be lost, and I hope that the lord can send heavy troops to meet and protect this batch of grain." ”

Gao Lie nodded, "I will send troops south to protect ......"

Mu Suixin also wanted to remind Gao Lie of the precautions for sending troops, but he was afraid that saying too much would displease Gao Lie, so after hesitating, he briefly reminded: "It is recommended that the master of the meeting send troops to the south at night!" ”

With that, he bowed and withdrew.

Mu Suixin is nominally the chief general of the Bohai Navy, but since Zhang Xuanqi attacked the old nest of the Bohai Society and arrested more than 70 members of the Bohai Society, Gao Lie began to distrust anyone, and he gradually firmly held the military power in his own hands, not only did he not allow Mu Suixin to ask about the dispatch of the army, but he had a kind of vigilance against Mu Suixin, Mu Suixin also understood this, he did not dare to interfere too much in military affairs, especially did not dare to ask about the transfer and dispatch of the army.

Mu Suixin left, Gao Lie pondered for a while, in fact, he also had a way, that is, to ask the Goguryeo army to attack Liaodong, and force Zhang Xuan to withdraw by encircling Wei and saving Zhao, but he was a little worried that it would be too late.

But Gao Lie pondered for a long time, and he still decided to ask Goguryeo for help, and Gao Lie sat down and immediately wrote a letter for help to Yuan Taizuo.

He sealed the letter, and then rewarded the two soldiers with fifty taels of gold each, and instructed them: "You have worked hard to go to Liucheng, and give this letter to the Qingsong Pharmacy in Liucheng, and I will have a heavy reward when I return." ”

Goguryeo had intelligence points in Jiangdu, Luoyang and Liucheng in Liaodong, and Goguryeo generally contacted Goguryeo through the Liucheng intelligence point, and there was a letter eagle there, which could send a letter directly to Pyongyang, and at the latest, Yuan Taizuo would be able to receive his letter in half a month at the latest.

The two pro-soldiers led the order, and Gao Lie ordered again: "Let Song Fu come to see me!" ”

………

At night, an army of 3,000 men quietly left the Bohai naval camp with hundreds of cattle carts and headed south.

Although they were very cautious, the Sui army had already spread scouts around the Bohai naval camp, and this southbound Bohai navy was immediately discovered by the Sui army scouts patrolling in the south.

The Bohai Society has been operating in Hebei for decades, and their members are basically wealthy families from all counties in Hebei, and they have a large number of estates and shops, although they do not monopolize knowledge like the scholars, but they have a monopoly on wealth.

The strong rise of the Qingzhou Army has made many members of the Bohai Society no longer optimistic about the Bohai Society, even if they do not directly withdraw from the Bohai Society, but they have to leave a way back for themselves.

In particular, Zhang Xuan once received more than 70 captured members of the Bohai Society, and gave them a promise to protect their wealth, which greatly shook the foundation of the Bohai Society, and the most direct manifestation was the sharp reduction in the money and food received by the Bohai Society.

Gao Qin visited dozens of members of the Bohai Society, and finally got some symbolic money and food support, of course, this is also because it is not yet time to pay the money and grain dues, and everyone has resistance in their hearts.

In the end, Gao Qin only collected 35,000 stone of grain and 20,000 yuan of money, which were all placed in Gao Tan's manor in Julu County.

At this time, the money and grain were all carried onto the ship, and more than 40 flat-bottomed tugboats were slowly heading north along the Zhangshui. (To be continued.) )